Cash

In economics, cash is money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins. In bookkeeping and finance, cash is current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-immediately.

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MasterCard Sizes Up Competition In Race to Cashless Society
August 04, 2012

Norway, South Korea, and Nigeria are among the notable competitors in what MasterCard is calling the “race to a cashless society.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

King Cash: Time To Dethrone?
July 17, 2012

Nebo Djurdjevic is CEO at Cardis International, a payments company based in the Netherlands that’s hoping to disrupt low-value payments. At its core, Cardis attempts to reduce per-transaction costs for low-value payments by aggregating them together into one transfer — but there’s much more to the...

Visa Reduces ATM Availability At 2012 Summer Olympics
June 03, 2012

Visa is set to replace 27 ATMs placed across the Summer Olympics campus with eight of its own machines, Finextra reports. Visa is an Olympic sponsor. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

DirectCash Buys Australian ATM Firm for $173 Million
April 02, 2012

DirectCash Payments Inc., a Canadian provider of ATMs, debit terminals, and prepaid phone and cash cards, acquired Australian-based Customers Ltd. for $176 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Cash is King
March 29, 2012

Paper money continues to be the dominant medium of exchange for global commerce. But executives at MasterCard can already see a cashless future on the horizon. Read More Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Cash is King
March 29, 2012

The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting piece recently on the cost of cash, and how the U.S. government hopes to save a few greenbacks by changing up money production. Read More Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

The Cost of Cash: Seriously, Wall Street Journal?
March 29, 2012

The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting piece this morning on the cost of cash, and how the U.S. government hopes to save a few greenbacks by changing up money production. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

MasterCard’s Cashless Campaign: Q&A with Carlos Menendez
March 29, 2012

Paper money continues to be the dominant medium of exchange for global commerce. But executives at MasterCard can already see a cashless future on the horizon. We asked Carlos Menendez, Group Executive, Global Debit, to explain. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Cash is King
March 29, 2012

An innovation in cash announced last July has come to fruition, as the Bank of Canada began circulating its new polymer $50 and $100 notes to replace cotton-paper money. Read More Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...